And Then There's New Turf That's Been Installed...

[Wally Pryor 5411]

No, not natural grass.  Doesn't sound like it's going to happen ever again.  

 

Paying someone to mow your lawn every other week costs about $40, give or take the lot size. For Texas athletics, the cost of a new artificial surface at Royal-Memorial Stadium cost $429,906.

FieldTurf USA, Inc. recently completed the installation of a new surface inside the football stadium featuring a “multi-lay, dual-polymer fiber” and end zones with “the distinctive burnt orange coloring.”

The total cost of the new FieldTurf and purchasing order was obtained by the American-Statesman through an open records request. 

Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte has long wanted to switch back to natural grass. However, the surface inside the football stadium gets quite a workout during the fall. The band practices inside the stadium along with the football team, a workload that would wear down a grass field.

So Del Conte sprung for a new artificial surface. The purchasing order states that FieldTurf would install one “Longhorn silhouette” logo at midfield, two Big 12 Conference logos and spell out “Texas” and “Longhorns” in the two end zones. 

Replacing the old carpet for a new one was dramatically cheaper than had UT started from scratch, Del Conte said.

Soon, those Big 12 logos might have to be removed for new Southeastern Conference logos. Texas and OU have started the process of leaving the Big 12 for the SEC.

Recent photos taken from the south end zone construction camera indicate Texas considered having the state of Texas designed at midfield. However, the purchasing order says nothing about a permanent silhouette. Mostly it details “numbers, yard lines and hash marks.”

 

[Eggo 4026]

This didn't need a new thread.

[texifornia 59062]

The thread you're looking for is "It's happening"

[Huckleberry 34749]

Yeah, it's not the OP's fault when shit like this happens because of a vague thread title elsewhere. The It's Happening thread should be renamed something like It's Happening (2021 Stadium and Field Renovations).

[BurntOrange&White 42008]

2 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Yeah, it's not the OP's fault when shit like this happens because of a vague thread title elsewhere. The It's Happening thread should be renamed something like It's Happening (2021 Stadium and Field Renovations).

Agreed, shitty thread titles are the worst. 

[XYZ 2154]

We shall see about the burnt orange.

[WBT 20997]

21 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte has long wanted to switch back to natural grass.

since when?  I've only see him dodge the question and say it's up to the coaches.